file-bytes

In JavaScript - Get the bytes size of a file

Install

npm install --save file-bytes

Usage

const fileBytes = require('file-bytes');

fileBytes('README.md').then(size => {
  console.log(`README.md is ${size} bytes`);
});
//=> "README.md" is 1806 bytes


// sync
console.log(`README.md is ${fileBytes.sync('README.md')} bytes`);
//=> "README.md" is 1806 bytes

API

fileBytes(filename)

Returns a promise for the filename's file size as a number.

fileBytes.sync(filename)

Return's the filename's file size as a number.

filename

Type: string

Examples

• Convert the output into human style using pretty-bytes

const fileBytes = require('file-bytes');
const prettyBytes = require('pretty-bytes');

console.log(prettyBytes(fileBytes.sync('example.txt')));
//=> 1.34 kB

• Get the file sizes of everything in the current repo with glob

const fileBytes = require('file-bytes');
const glob = require('glob');

glob('./*', (err, files) => {
  // files is an array of filenames.
  for (let file of files) {
    const size = fileBytes.sync(file);
    console.log(`"${file}" is ${size} bytes`);
  }
});
//=> "README.md" is 1806 bytes
//=> "package.json" is 122 bytes
//=> "index.js" is 497 bytes

License

MIT © Dawson Botsford